The peak season is during July and August, when the hottest weather arrives in the country, with virtually nochance of rain. At this time, the most famous places in Albania – the beaches – are pretty busy, with people cooling down in the sea and enjoying the clear, blue skies. If yo...
Thetemple of Agios Nikolaos Orfanosis located in Ano Poli, and is home to some of the most impressive art in the Byzantine world Thetemple of Agia Ekaterini, dating from the 13th-14th century, is close to Olympiados street. Most frescoes have not survived, but the architecture of the templ...
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With one day in Sofia, you can see most of the major attractions and landmarks – if you follow this handy Sofia itinerary for 1 day of course! Sightseeing in Sofia The Bulgarian capital of Sofia is a very easy city to walk around, and pedestrian friendly. Unlike my...
Postcard from Albania Me at 3, my sister Katie and my father Ian I shake the salt container into my hand and sprinkle it onto the chips, I do this again and again as a reflex, watching the white sand in my palm and the unconscious motion of the sand to the chips. I think when ...
This is the larva of a beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the Longhorned Borers. The Larvae are known as Round Headed Borers. You can compare your images to those posted to BugGuide. The BugGuide information page indicates this about food: “Larval habits: Most species feed within dead, dyin...
The answer is not so evident. Turks were as much an invention as the Yugoslavs, and the territory that constitutes modern Turkey is as much a random draw on a map by some bold general in the turn of the century as is Lebanon, Syria, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and so many other parts...
• Played his 1,000th competitive game –a European Qualifier against Albania in March 2017 – and then announced his retirement from international football in November 2017 having made 175 Italy outings only to subsequently reverse that decision: his final t...
and set in one of Albania’s darkest, most tumultuous historic periods,The Fall of the Stone Cityis timeless, wry, and magical, even as it charts the crest and crash of an occupation and subsequent dictatorship. If you’re a fan ofVeepandThe Death of Stalin, this is the book for you...